Francisco J. Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy, explains the factors that have contributed to Venezeula's
declining oil sector...
Not exact matches
Yet with global growth
declining,
oil inventory at record levels, and momentum on the side of increasingly cost - competitive renewable energy technologies, there remains a high possibility the energy
sector will face another existential crisis in the near future.
U.S. stocks have opened the first full week of 2015 with a steep
decline, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping 331 points, as falling
oil prices weighed on the energy
sector.
«All year this reading has been in focus as activity in the US manufacturing
sector, particularly driven by a
decline in
oil - related activity and the strengthening of the US dollar, has slowed,» Business Insider markets editor Myles Udland reports.
The second is the broad array of businesses that cushions Bechtel against big drops in one or two
sectors, such as the recent
declines in mining and
oil.
You make the classic argument that the benefits of a booming tradable
sector such as
oil and gas must, ipso facto, outweigh the
decline in other
sectors — otherwise they wouldn't be generating enough demand to result in an increase in the country's currency.
«There is a considerable negative impact on global growth from the energy
sector due to the sharp
decline in investments, mainly in the
oil and gas
sector as well as lower output values.»
While investment in the energy
sector now appears to be stabilizing after a painful adjustment to the
decline in
oil and other commodity prices that began in 2014, overall business investment in the economy remains weak.
The Bank estimates that over the past two years the level of investment in the
oil and gas
sector alone has
declined by almost 50 per cent (Chart 3).
Basically, what's needed here is to show that the
decline was pervasive, and not just confined to the
oil sector.
Weak demand across residential, office and retail
sectors has been evident since the
decline of
oil prices at the end of 2014 and continues to impact government spending and general sentiment, says the Abu Dhabi Real Estate Market Overview Q3, 2016.
Due to the volatility of prices and production, coupled with the terminal
decline in output to begin by 2025, the Bank was of the view that managing anticipated surge in
oil revenue will be challenging and so advised moderation in government's forecasting of revenues from the
sector.
Recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, had showed that a sharp
decline was recorded in revenue accruable to the Federal Government from the petroleum
sector, as the country's earnings from crude
oil export dropped to N5.271 trillion for the nine month period, January to September 2015.
She said the Nigerian economy, including the banking
sector, was facing various kinds of risks as a result of the challenges of high inflation, naira depreciation,
oil price crash and
decline in manufacturing output.
A volatile
sector that includes some stellar dividend payers, energy has sold off sharply in recent months as the
oil price
declined.
Oil's
decline has hurt Mexico, and so will anything that impacts the industrial
sector.
Commodities — The commodity
sector saw
declines except for
oil.
Another area is energy: higher
oil prices usually mean higher profits across the
sector, while
declining prices could mean
declining profits.
The details of the report show that
declines in manufacturing and mining, quarrying and
oil and gas extraction were the reasons for the negative month - on - month reading, with the 0.8 % contraction in the mining, quarrying, and
oil and gas extraction
sector being the main drag as well as the most disappointing since it marked the third consecutive monthly
decline.
Yet with global growth
declining,
oil inventory at record levels, and momentum on the side of increasingly cost - competitive renewable energy technologies, there remains a high possibility the energy
sector will face another existential crisis in the near future.
Obviously, I can't predict the near / medium - term direction of
oil, or investor sentiment towards TLW & the
oil sector — remember TLW's revenues & profitability will
decline substantially, so investors may choose to focus on that for quite some time to come, rather than the long - term value of TLW's reserves & resources.
Now it is time to apply that same foresight and planning to map a managed
decline of its
oil and gas
sectors.
Mexico's energy reform is set to revitalise an ailing
sector and boost the economy, IEA report says Mexico's wide - ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country's
declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power
sector, and slow the growth in carbon emissions, providing a solid foundation for robust economic growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency.
The Lofoten Declaration calls for no new exploration or expansion of
oil, coal, or gas, and a managed
decline of the fossil fuel
sector.
calls for no new exploration or expansion of
oil, coal, or gas, and a managed
decline of the fossil fuel
sector.
If Argentina instead focuses on planning for a managed
decline of already producing fields, emissions from the country's
oil and gas
sector could fall largely in line with the rate of reductions needed to keep warming below 2 degrees Celsius.
On the bright side, the larger Texas metros are not as dependent on the energy
sector as they once were, such as during the 1980s
oil price
decline, so they are better positioned to weather the downturn.
The lone star state is experiencing a strong housing market, despite the recent
declines in the
oil and energy
sectors...
That could potentially spur the retail
sector into a somewhat faster recovery than we were anticipating before the precipitous
decline in
oil prices.